Wig support

ABSTRACT

A WIG SUPORT DEVICE WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE CIRCULATION OF AIR INTERIORLY OF THE WIG SUPPORTED ON THE DEVICE.

Sept. 20, 1971 R. K. BAUGH ETAL WIG SUPPORT Filed June 22, 1970 RONALD 1r. BAUGH and sum" 1.. MATTOX,

1 INVENTORS A 'I 'IORNEY United States Patent 3,606,108 Patented Sept. 20, 1971 3,606,108 WIG SUPPORT Ronald K. Baugh, Indianapolis, Ind., and Susan L. Mattox, West Carrollton, Ohio, now by change of name to Susan L. Baugh, by marriage (both of 1105G Westfield Court, Indianapolis, Ind. 46220) Filed June 22, 1970, Ser. No. 48,120 Int. Cl. A41g /00; A41h 5/00; D06c 15/00 US. Cl. 22366 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A wig support device which provides for the circulation of air interiorly of the wig supportedon the device.

This invention relates to a wig support, of a type having a cork or other relatively soft body member which receives the holding pins which the user inserts through the wig or wig-styling means and into the body member; and concepts of the invention provide that even though the body member is substantially solid for serving its function of retaining the holding pins, there is provided circulating air interiorly of a wig supported on this wig support.

More specifically, concepts of the present invention provide a support means which supports the wig in outwardly-spaced relationship with respect to such a body member, providing for the circulation of air between the body member and the wig, and the concepts also provide that the support means itself is provided with air passages or openings and thus providing for the circulation of air to the inside surface or layer of the wig itself.

The circulation of air which is provided for by the present inventive concepts, thus provides circulating air interiorly of the wig while it is mounted on a support; and thus a wig which has been set or styled with the use of an associated liquid, may dry rapidly and properly while mounted on a wig support device.

The above description is somewhat introductory and generalized; the above and other concepts, features, and details of the present invention will be further apparent from the following more detailed description of an illustrative embodiment, reference being had to the accompanying somewhat schematic drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an elevational view, partly in cross section to illustrate interior details, of a wig support embodying the inventive concepts;

FIG. 2 is an elevational view of a support base for the wig support shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a substantially enlarged view of a holding device shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a fragmental detail view of a portion of the outer wig support means shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in the drawings, an overall wig support device is shown as embodying the inventive concepts, in a wig support device of a type which has a generally solid body member 12 which is shaped and formed to receive and retain associated holding pins which may be inserted by the user through the associated wig and the associated wig-styling means and into the body member 12. Such a support body 12 is conventionally formed of some material such as cork, and is shown as having an exterior facing of canvas 14.

The wig support body 12 is shown as mountable upon a support base 16 (FIG. 2). The support base 16 is shown as having a base member 18 from which extends an upward supporting post 20; and the wig support body member 12 is shown as fitted with a downwardly-opening recessed device 22 by which the support body 12 is mounted upon the upright supporting post 20. The recess 22 of the body 12 is shown as formed by a sleeve member 24 from whose base extends a flange 26 in the general form of a disc.

According to the inventive concepts, the body mem ber 12 is provided with an outer wig support means 28, which, in the form shown, is formed from a pair of sections 30. The abutting edges of the two sections 30 are shown as each provided with an inturned lip 32, which provides both a stiffening means for each of the shell sections 30 and provides also a means cooperative with retainer means 34 yet to be described.

The outer support means or shell 28 is located outwardly of the support body 12, providing for the circulation of air between the support body member 12 and the associated wig.

It Will be observed that the support shell 28 is provided with a multitude of reception openings 36 (although several of such openings 36 are shown in FIG. 1, the quantity as there shown is only a fragmental portion of the total number of such openings; and the openings would be desirably much closer together than are those diagrammatically shown in FIG. 1).

The reception openings 36 provide a plural purpose. That is, for one thing they provide openings which accommodate the passage through the shell 28 of the associated holding pins for holding the associated wig to the support body member 12. Moreover, the openings 36 also provide for the circulation of air directly to the inside surface or layer of the wig itself, that is, through the plane of the outer shell 28.

As best shown in FIG. 4, the reception openings 36 are desirably formed by the forcing of a tab portion 38 of the shell 28 inwardly, that tab portion 38 thereby providing a spacer means for spacing and locating the outer shell 28 outwardly with respect to the wig support body member '12; and the recess 36 which remains after the tab portion 38 is forced inwardly provides one of the said reception openings 36 for both the passage of the associated pin means and for the aforesaid air circulation.

The space between the support body member 12 and the outer shell 28 is indicated in the drawings by the reference numeral 40'.

The assembly of the outer support shell 28 onto the support body member 12 is shown as comprising a holding retainer 34 at the top of the body member 12, and a holding means at the base of the device. The retainer 34 is best shown in the pictorial enlargement which comprises FIG. 3. As shown, the retainer 34 has a pointed lower end portion 42 which is adapted to be forced into the body member 12; and the upper portion of the retainer 34 is formed to provide a recess means 44, into which the adjacent portion of the aforesaid flanges 32 are retained. The lower portion of the outer shell 28 is retained to the support body member 12 by a band 46 which encircles the lower portion of the two sections 30 of the outer shell 28, and holds those shell portions against the base disc 26 of the supportreceiving recess member 22 already mentioned.

It will be observed that the disc 26 is provided with opening means 48 which provides for the circulation of air into the chamber or gap 40 between the support body 12 and the shell member 30; and as shown in FIG. 2, the support base is provided with a spacer disc 50 which holds the support body member -12 upwardly off the base plate 18 a distance sufficient that circulating air can enter into the openings 48 to thereupon circulate through the space '40 between the support body 12 and the support shell 28.

A wig support device according to the concepts of the present invention thus provides for the advantageous drying of a wig, by air circulated interiorly of the wig,

while the wig is mounted on a support. The concepts achieve these advantages without departing materially from the mounting and the accustomed use-techniques of a conventional wig support body formed of cork or the like. Yet the present inventive concepts provide for the advantageous drying of a wig in a manner which is unobtainable with conventional wig supports. The foregoing and other inherent advantages are achieved by the inventive concepts.

It will be understood that modifications and variations may be effected without departing from the scope of the novel concepts of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited to the specific form or arrangement of parts or components herein described or shown in the embodiment which illustrates the inventive concepts.

What is claimed is:

1. In a wig support, of a type having a body member shaped and formed to retainingly receive associated holding pin means which are inserted through the associated wig and the associated wig-styling means and into the said support body member;

the improvement comprising, in combination:

an outer wig support means;

the said outer support means providing reception opening means accommodating the passage of said associated holding pin means therethrough; and there being locating means provided which hold and maintained said outer wig support means in outwardly-spaced relationship with respect to said body member, providing for the circulation of air between the said body member and the wig; the reception opening means of the said outer wig support means also providing for the circulation of air to the inside surface or layer of the wig itself;

thereby, even though the said body member may be substantially solid for serving its function of receiving the holding pin means as aforesaid, providing for the advantageous drying of the wig by drying it interiorly and without the wig-styling and/ or wig-setting liquid soaking into the said pin-receiving body member.

2. The invention as set forth in claim 1, in a combination in which the said outer wig support means is formed of at least a pair of sections, there being means pro "vided for holding the sections assembled toco=operate with one another to provide the said outer Wig support means.

3. The invention as set forth in claim 2 in a combination in which the abutting edges'of the two sections are provided with an inturned lip, providing both a stifiening means and a means co-operative with retainer means afiixed to the body member.

4. The invention as set forth in claim 2 in a combination in which a retainer member is provided, having a pointed end adapted to be retainingly forced into said body member, and providing recess means, portions of the two outer wig support means sections being retainingly received in said recess.

5. The invention as set forth in claim 2 in a combination in which the holding means comprises first holding means adjacent the top portion of the said body member for retaining the top portions of the two outer wig support means sections, and second holding means adjacent the base section of the said body member for retaining the base portions of the two outer wig support means sections to one another and to the base portion provided for the said body member.

6. The invention as set forth in claim 1 in a combination in which at least a portion of the said reception opening means and the said locating means are provided integrally by the forcing of a portion of the outer Wig means inwardly, the portion thereof forced inwardly providing a spacer means, and the recess remaining after said portion is forced inwardly providing a said reception opening for passage of an associated pin means and air circulation as aforesaid.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,188,752 6/1965 Skinner 22366X 3,300,108 1/1967 Schumer 223-66 3,498,510 3/ 1970 Johnson 22366 JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner G. V. LARKIN, Assistant Examiner 

